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Galerie Bassenge: Poster-War and Contemporary Art II

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Auction Name Poster-War and Contemporary Art II Total Sales (EUR) 48,908.80
Auction Date May 31, 2025 - May 31, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 34,750.00
Sale Number #125CAII High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 34,750.00
Total Lots 122
Sold Lots 69.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 59,850.00
% of Lots Sold 56.56% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 59,850.00
Unsold Lots 53 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.72%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8327 Indiana, Robert

Love (Aus: The American Dream)

 1997 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,328.00
5544a Durer, Albrecht

Christi Abschied von seiner Mutter

 1507 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,816.00
8278 Fangor, Wojciech

Kreiskomposition

 Um 1970 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,304.00
8363 Maurer, Dora

B 12

 1971 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,920.00
8287 Geiger, Rupprecht

Farbform gelb / gelber Kreis auf grau

 1970 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,792.00
8405 Salvo

Primavera

 1994 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,408.00
8260 Brunovsky, Albin

Vernal equinox

 1993 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,280.00
8370 Miro, Joan

De moment en moment

 1957 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,216.00
8248 Berges, Werner

Zwillinge

 1972 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,152.00
8233 Arp, Hans

Composition

 1954 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,024.00
8276 Ernst, Max

Tout en un plus un

 1971 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,024.00
8285 Gazovic, Vladimir

Klauni 2

 2008 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,024.00
8393 Piene, Otto

Love my rainbow

 1972 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,024.00
8314 Herbin, Auguste

Fou

 1953 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 960.00
8236 Arp, Hans - nach

Composition II

 1958 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 896.00
8286 Geiger, Rupprecht

Schwarzes Feld in blauer Flache/violett - blau - schwarz

 1964 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 896.00
8404 Salvo

Salvo e vivo (Salvo e morto)

 1977 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 896.00
8261 Calder, Alexander

The Blue Balloon

 1973 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 768.00
8360 Mappenwerke

Tschechoslowakische Druckgraphik

 1975 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 768.00
8390 Piene, Otto

Halbe Rose

 1965 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 768.00
8423 Uecker, Gunther

Der Turm von St. Michaelis

 1992 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 768.00
8424 Uecker, Gunther

Ohne Titel

 1995 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 768.00
8225 Anderle, Jiri

Summer I

 1982 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 704.00
8344 Kruger, Barbara

I shop therefore I am

 1990 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 704.00
8376 Nay, Ernst Wilhelm

Farblitho 1959 (NOR)

 1959 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 704.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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